Latest NonProfits Headlines
All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Byrne Named Chair of The Council of Employee Benefits Executives
May 23 2013 // Tim Byrne, vice president and partner at Wisconsin-based M3 Insurance, has been named chair of the Council of Employee Benefits Executives (CEBE), effective June 1, 2013. The Council of Employee Benefits Executives is a...
Vallette Joins Barney & Barney in San Francisco
May 21 2013 // Barney & Barney LLC has hired insurance executive Sarah Vallette for its office in San Francisco. Vallette will work with a team of professionals offering commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits,...
Zurich Programs, Aon Affinity to Cover Non-Profit Long-Term Care Organizations
May 13 2013 // Zurich North America Commercial’s Programs & Direct Markets business has entered into an agreement with Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and group program business of Aon plc to offer coverage to...
In Connecticut, Sandy Aid Tops $367M; Flood Insurance Payouts Reach $220M
May 6 2013 // More than $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help the state with disaster expenses related to Superstorm Sandy, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said on May 3 as other officials highlighted recovery...
Amerisure’s Taylor Receives Community Spirit Award
May 6 2013 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Carol Taylor, vice president, counsel and compliance officer, is the recipient of the Community Spirit Award from Federal Home Loan Bank of...
Schinnerer Adds Crime, Kidnap, Ransom Coverage to Non-Profit Program
May 2 2013 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. has added crime and kidnap, ransom, and extortion coverages to its suite of offerings for non-profits. The new coverages round out the program’s existing offering of directors &...
After Irene and Lee in 2011, Some Families Still Displaced in New York
Apr 23 2013 // Amy and Bill Wetsel’s house near the Schoharie Creek is still empty and stripped down to wall studs. More than 19 months after the deluge of Tropical Storm Irene, their family still pays rent on another house and...
Risk Retention Association Hails Court Ruling in Nevada Battle
Apr 17 2013 // In a decision the National Risk Retention Association says will help clear any future hurdles faced by risk retention groups in other states, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court ruling that the...
Agency Gives $75K Boost to Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Nonprofit
Apr 11 2013 // The nonprofit Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers received $75,860 from the employees of insurance agency BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co. along with Jim and Kathy Pender, Marc Brynes and The Oswald Companies. DVIC is a...
Iowa Hospital Close to Finalizing $2M Bias Lawsuit
Apr 11 2013 // A Waterloo, Iowa, hospital is close to finalizing a $2 million class-action lawsuit that compensates African-Americans who say they were denied jobs and promotions because of their race. Allen Hospital will pay 35...
Connecticut Receives $250M in Federal Sandy Aid
Mar 28 2013 // Connecticut’s governor says more than $250 million in federal assistance has been approved to help people and businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy. The aid was made available after President Barack Obama approved...
Directors and Officers Liability Market Firming: Towers Watson
Mar 14 2013 // The directors and officers liability market continued to see price increases in 2012, with more private/not-for-profit organizations reporting rate increases than public organizations but, according to a new industry...
Xcel Settlement Offers $447,000 in Colorado
Mar 11 2013 // Xcel Energy Inc. is providing $447,000 for environmental projects in north Denver to resolve a lawsuit alleging clean air violations. The lawsuit by WildEarth Guardians alleged Xcel failed to monitor and limit emissions at...
Passing of Torch at CWCI
Mar 11 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute following the announced retirement of J. Michael Nolan as president of the...
Law Change Brings Disaster Declaration for Tribes
Mar 7 2013 // President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation this week, making it the second American Indian tribe to receive such a declaration after a law change in January. The Eastern Band of Cherokee...
Passing of Torch at California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Mar 4 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute in 50 years following the announced retirement on Monday of J. Michael Nolan as...
How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong. The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Florida Surplus Lines Association Names New Executive Director
Feb 25 2013 // The Florida Surplus Lines Association said it has named Larry Bodkin as its new executive director. Bodkin currently is president and CEO of the Tallahassee-based Bodkin Management and Consulting LLC. He has 20 years of...
Business Moves – Midwest
Feb 25 2013 // Johnson McCann, C.O. Brown, Apollo Insurance Agency Three Minnesota insurance agencies — Johnson McCann of St. Paul, C.O. Brown of Rochester and the Apollo Insurance Agency of St. Cloud — have joined forces to become...
Catholic Bishops Urge Birth Control Reprieve in Fiscal Bills
Feb 18 2013 // U.S. Roman Catholic bishops stepped up their battle against President Obama’s contraceptives policy on Friday by urging Congress to use its fiscal debate to free religious employers from a mandate requiring insurance...
